Track reopens after freight train derailment

Published 10:00 pm, Monday, September 16, 2002

VADER -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe main line between Seattle and Portland, closed Sunday by a freight train derailment, opened before noon yesterday, a railroad spokesman said.

One track on the double-track mainline was opened at 6:30 a.m. and the other at 10:30 a.m., railroad spokesman Gus Melonas said.

Passengers from the first two of eight daily Amtrak runs on the track -- a southbound train from Seattle and a northbound train from Portland -- were bused. The other six Amtrak trains were to run as scheduled, Melonas said.